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badgoodDeb · 04-14-2015, 01:29 PM

I'm find with a manual transmission. I drive one now, and I've "hired" a car in Britain before and made the mental shift

to doing my shifting with the left hand. I don't want to drive downtown in any cities, but otherwise I'll be okay.

I've run across a physical, paper spiral bound map book which may be the best way to go. My 83 yr old and 77 yr old passengers will be able to read THAT and give me directions, without having technical challenges. (They are not completely UNsavvy, but it's always hard if it isn't a device you are used to.) I've also run into a replacement micro-SD card with UK maps, for a Garmin SatNav. I need to investigate and see if it will work in the model that I already own. That might be worthwhile to bring, in addition to the map book for doing research in the evenings ("where do we want to go tomorrow?").

So now I'm trying to decide if I can justify buying a Fire HD 6 just to get my email and hotel info via wifi. Hmmm....

I mean, I *could* bring my iphone, just for email via wifi, but it's an expensive device to subject to travel rigors, if I can't actually phone with it. And the screen is rather small for web browsing.....

I wonder how the Fire HD 6's SILK browser compares to Safari (or, preferably on my laptop or desktop, Firefox). Will I be disappointed, do you think?

04-14-2015, 01:29 PM	#10
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I'm find with a manual transmission. I drive one now, and I've "hired" a car in Britain before and made the mental shift to doing my shifting with the left hand. I don't want to drive downtown in any cities, but otherwise I'll be okay. I've run across a physical, paper spiral bound map book which may be the best way to go. My 83 yr old and 77 yr old passengers will be able to read THAT and give me directions, without having technical challenges. (They are not completely UNsavvy, but it's always hard if it isn't a device you are used to.) I've also run into a replacement micro-SD card with UK maps, for a Garmin SatNav. I need to investigate and see if it will work in the model that I already own. That might be worthwhile to bring, in addition to the map book for doing research in the evenings ("where do we want to go tomorrow?"). So now I'm trying to decide if I can justify buying a Fire HD 6 just to get my email and hotel info via wifi. Hmmm.... I mean, I could bring my iphone, just for email via wifi, but it's an expensive device to subject to travel rigors, if I can't actually phone with it. And the screen is rather small for web browsing..... I wonder how the Fire HD 6's SILK browser compares to Safari (or, preferably on my laptop or desktop, Firefox). Will I be disappointed, do you think?